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  • Executive Profile: John Lambeth, CIO at PAE - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: John Lambeth, CIO at PAE

    John Lambeth is chief information officer at PAE, where he oversees the company’s information technology strategy, IT support delivery and corporate application development operations. Before PAE, he worked at QinetiQ North America as CIO and managed the firm’s process quality training and management team and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program cloud practice. The […] More

  • Julie Cullivan: FireEye Uses 'Adaptive Framework' For Cyber Threat Defense - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Julie Cullivan: FireEye Uses ‘Adaptive Framework’ For Cyber Threat Defense

    Julie Cullivan, chief information officer of FireEye, has said the company uses an adaptive framework to defend its enterprise systems against a security breach, V3.co.uk reported Tuesday. She was quoted as saying that FireEye has been a target of attacks because it releases specific reports about incidents linked to hacker groups and nation-states. “We’re tightly […] More

  • ThreatTrack Security: C-Level Execs Indicate Limited View of CISO Duties, Skills - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ThreatTrack Security: C-Level Execs Indicate Limited View of CISO Duties, Skills

    A new white paper by ThreatTrack Security reports that the role of chief information security officers at U.S. enterprises is underappreciated and misunderstood, particularly in the coverage of their duties and leadership capabilities. ThreatTrack Security said that C-level executives in the legal, retail, healthcare and professional services sectors believe CISOs are responsible for preventing data breaches. Of the 203 […] More

  • Kevin Winter: Technical Knowledge, Communication Skills Key for CISO Role - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Winter: Technical Knowledge, Communication Skills Key for CISO Role

    Kevin Winter, chief information officer at Booz Allen Hamilton, said chief information security officers should have deep technical knowledge, good communication skills and an understanding of the business mission to be effective security leaders of their group, Fierce CIO reported Thursday. Winter spoke to reporter David Weldon in an interview and said CISOs should adequately articulate to […] More

  • Mirza Baig: CIO Responsibilities for SkyLink a 24/7 Proposition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mirza Baig: CIO Responsibilities for SkyLink a 24/7 Proposition

    Mirza Baig joined global aviation services and logistics contractor SkyLink Aviation in early September as chief information officer to help lead the firm’s information technology infrastructure and offerings across its five permanent offices and several other field locations. Baig, a more than 14-year federal IT veteran and former federal civilian official, spoke to ExecutiveBiz shortly […] More

  • Kevin Winter: Booz Allen Exec Team Keys on IT Security in Threat Landscape - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Winter: Booz Allen Exec Team Keys on IT Security in Threat Landscape

    Booz Allen Hamilton‘s executive leaders have focused much of their attention on information technology security as the firm sees an increase in criminal activities against IT setups, Booz Allen Chief Information Officer Kevin Winter has told FierceCIO. “If you have intellectual property, you have something of value on your network; you’re eventually going to have someone want […] More

  • Executive Profile: Bob Fecteau, SAIC SVP and CIO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Bob Fecteau, SAIC SVP and CIO

    Bob Fecteau serves as senior vice president and chief information officer for Science Applications International Corp. and leads company’s investments in enterprise technology. He also guides SAIC’s work to coordinate IT operations the firm’s goals for the business and missions for its customers. Prior to his current role, Fecteau was CIO of the McLean, Virginia-based company’s intelligence and security business unit and CIO of […] More

  • Executive Profile: John George, ICF SVP and CIO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: John George, ICF SVP and CIO

    John George serves as senior vice president and chief information officer at ICF International, which he joined in 2012 from a prior role at Vangent as chief information and innovation officer. At Vangent, he led the implementation of technology the company used for customer-facing and internal systems. His private sector career includes technical and management […] More

  • Executive Profile: Horace Blackman, Lockheed VP of Health and Life Sciences - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Horace Blackman, Lockheed VP of Health and Life Sciences

    Horace Blackman serves as vice president of health and life sciences for Lockheed Martin’s information systems & global solutions business, where he leads a team of more than 1,900 employees that work with federal healthcare agencies. His team supports customers such as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; the Department of Health […] More

  • ATK's Jeff Kubacki on the CIO's Business Responsibilities, How Leaders Set IT Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ATK’s Jeff Kubacki on the CIO’s Business Responsibilities, How Leaders Set IT Strategy

    (Editor’s note: this interview took place prior to ATK’s April announcement that the company would spinoff its sporting division into an independent company and merge its aerospace and defense businesses with Orbital Sciences. Click here to read GovCon Wire’s coverage of both transactions.) As senior vice president and chief information officer at ATK, Jeff Kubacki acts as the Arlington, […] More

  • IO's Brian Fanzo: 'Shadow IT' Presents Security Threats, Worries Managers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IO’s Brian Fanzo: ‘Shadow IT’ Presents Security Threats, Worries Managers

    Chief executives and business line managers that use shadow information technology services are taking large risks against having convenience and efficiency, IO technology evangelist Brian Fanzo writes in an article for the company’s Data Centers blog. Fanzo describes shadow IT tools as cloud-based software and platforms offered as a service. He described how those technologies run outside […] More

  • Executive Profile: Roger Baker, Agilex Chief Strategy Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Roger Baker, Agilex Chief Strategy Officer

    Roger Baker serves as chief strategy officer at Agilex where he is responsible for the company’s growth and market and service delivery strategies. He leads a team that works with clients and partners to enhance and implement information technology operations modernization, performance and missions results and lower sustainment costs. Before Baker joined Agilex in April 2013, […] More